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Yeh, weird thread title. I was in conversation with an Alabama fan this week, and he said that if that RB would have been Richardson, that Clowney would have been the one to get popped.
Now, I had to argue in our favor, because I believe no matter who was back there, they were going to get hit, and HIT HARD.
So I know it is a hypothetical, but, do you believe that same type of hit would have occurred if it was Richardson back there?
I do, and honestly, I believe it didn't matter if the jolly green giant was getting the ball off to him, he was about to get popped.
His eyes were on the ball the entire time.

Cool, this needed a new thread instead of being discussed in one of the other 57 threads about The Hit. I can't believe it's been 6 days and no one has mentioned that his eyes were following the ball the entire time. Too...much...sarcasm. Must...type slowly...

Cool, this needed a new thread instead of being discussed in one of the other 57 threads about The Hit. I can't believe it's been 6 days and no one has mentioned that his eyes were following the ball the entire time. Too...much...sarcasm. Must...type slowly...

The thread is mainly about the Alabama fan, and saying if it was an SEC back or Richardson it would not have happened, but thanks for being that way.

I don't care if Erik Dickerson, Bo Jackson, or Hershel Walker (or all 3 combined) was back there running the ball...the result would have been a plowed RB and pulverizing hit. The fumble depends on the ability of each, maybe.

When a force with that mass is moving so quickly at a nearly stationary object, they are a practice dummy. Whether they are a 150lb or 200lb practice dummy is the only difference.

I don't care if Erik Dickerson, Bo Jackson, or Hershel Walker (or all 3 combined) was back there running the ball...the result would have been a plowed RB and pulverizing hit. The fumble depends on the ability of each, maybe.

When a force with that mass is moving so quickly at a nearly stationary object, they are a practice dummy. Whether they are a 150lb or 200lb practice dummy is the only difference.

At the moment of the hit the RB was concentrating on the securing the football, not delivering a blow. No RB delivers punishment at that specific moment, so the defender will always have the drop on the RB. Always. Period.

If Clowney had a twin/clone who was getting that handoff at that same moment in time and Clowney the defender hit said twin/clone - Clowney clone would have been leveled. Timing of the handoff had a lot to do with it an the fact that the RB was kind of a sitting duck....wonderfully so especially since the RB had speared Clowney in the balls prior in the game. Ray Lewis would've gone to the turf is he was the RB.....

If Clowney had a twin/clone who was getting that handoff at that same moment in time and Clowney the defender hit said twin/clone - Clowney clone would have been leveled. Timing of the handoff had a lot to do with it an the fact that the RB was kind of a sitting duck....wonderfully so especially since the RB had speared Clowney in the balls prior in the game. Ray Lewis would've gone to the turf is he was the RB.....

Hmm. This is a special circumstance...the universe may have imploded upon itself.

If Clowney had a twin/clone who was getting that handoff at that same moment in time and Clowney the defender hit said twin/clone - Clowney clone would have been leveled. Timing of the handoff had a lot to do with it an the fact that the RB was kind of a sitting duck....wonderfully so especially since the RB had speared Clowney in the balls prior in the game. Ray Lewis would've gone to the turf is he was the RB.....

This is false. The power generated by the Clowney and Clowney Clone hit would exert a force that would level the stadium and create a 10 mile high mushroom cloud that would deem the sorrounding 15 miles unsafe for human occupation.

I have always liked Richardson n he is a beast, but he is all of 5'9 225 and JC is 6'4 240!!! On top of that, JC was running full speed during that hit.. No way in hell Richardson would of absorbed that hit any better then the Michigan rb did.. It is common sense.. Not being a homer just realist..